COLOMBO: Thirty-two Iranian sailors rescued by Sri Lanka after their frigate was torpedoed by a US submarine last month have departed on a flight home, local media reported on Tuesday.
The sailors from the IRIS Dena flew out of the island on Tuesday night, two local television networks reported. Sri Lankan defense authorities were not immediately available for comment.
The IRIS Dena was attacked just south of Sri Lanka on March 4, killing 104 sailors, many of them cadets, in the early days of the US and Israeli war against Iran, Iranian authorities say.
The bodies of 84 were recovered and have been repatriated.
